Abstract [en]

This study has been conducted on a personal group who works in the home service in a municipality in western Sweden. The employees who participated in the study are assistant nurses. This studies purpose is to investigate how the employees in the home service experience the work environment. In what way can the workplace develop and become healthier? Interviews have been used as a method of obtaining the empirical material, a total of ten interviews have been conducted with employees belonging to the staff group. All interviews have been transcribed and then analysed with a phenomenological approach. Ten themes have been published in the results and these are work environment, group cohesion, strength and weaknesses in the group, work structure, meaningfulness, aid, job satisfaction, change, health and obstacles at work. Subheadings to themes have also been created where participants' experiences have been gathered. The results show that the health factors in the workplace that contribute to increased health are well-being, joy, colleagues support, informal learning, meaningfulness in the work with the elderly, and feedback from the elderly. The factors the workplace need to develop to become a healthier workplace is communication, balance between requirements and control, support from boss and staff, and learning and development.